Oct 2004 - Mar 2010

Senior Pastor

Faith Temple Church

Education

Aug 1996 - May 2000

Bachelors

Lincoln Memorial University

Specialties

Summary

Pastor Shawn Baker recently founded Kingdom Outlook, a ministry that offers a fresh perspective on the Christian lifestyle. Kingdom Outlook strives to reinstate a love of God in all participants through speeches at churches, business meetings, business gatherings, and nonprofit organizations. Shawn Baker is responsible for all aspects of the ministry’s outreach, including booking speaking engagements, networking, and managing staff. Since launching the organization, Baker has promoted Kingdom Outlook in cities across the United States. In addition to his work at Kingdom Outlook, Shawn Baker is an executive consultant with the National Field Service in Tampa, Florida. In this position, he provides support to Virginia mortgage processor managers and regularly travels outside of the state in order to ensure that National Field Service objectives are being met. However, Shawn Baker’s main passion lies with his ministry. He spent six years as a senior pastor with Field Temple Church in Middlesboro, Kentucky, where he conducted sermons, weddings, and funerals. He also managed the staff and increased church revenue by 50 percent, expanding the church to an additional campus. Shawn Baker attended Lincoln Memorial University and immediately entered the ministry upon graduation. He has been involved in ministry for more than 15 years. He also possesses a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Baker offers evangelistic services for many cities across the country and at one point volunteered his time to First Priority Tri-States, a nonprofit that provides aid to children with disabilities. In his free time, Shawn Baker enjoys riding motorcycles, hiking, and snowboarding.

Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee

More than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students unite to make up the small and prestigious Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee's scenic Cumberland Gap. Located in the beautiful Appalachian Mountain range, Lincoln Memorial University takes advantage of its proximity to nature, offering academic majors such as wildlife and fisheries management alongside its traditional liberal arts curriculum.Lincoln Memorial University has garnered international renown for its Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, which contains the world's third largest collection of items previously belonging to Abraham Lincoln. The museum also houses a large amount of Civil War memorabilia.During the late 1800s, Colonel Alexander Arthur purchased the land that now houses Lincoln Memorial University. Joined eight years later by Congregational minister Reverend A. A. Myers and General Oliver. O Howard, Arthur established Lincoln Memorial University in recognition of former president Abraham Lincoln. Howard felt a particular compulsion to help create the college after a personal conversation he had had with the president, who expressed a desire to repay the residents of East Tennessee who had fought for the Union during the Civil War, breaking from the majority of the secessionist state.Today, Lincoln Memorial University remains well known for its literary history, exhibited particularly during its annual Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, which has taken place every year since 2005. Some of the region's most highly regarded authors, including Earl Hamner Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Denise Giardina, and Lee Smith have their life's work featured during the festival.Notable alumni of Lincoln Memorial University include civil rights activist Don West; Museum of Appalachia founder John Rice Irwin; famed bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley; and pastor and Kingdom Outlook director Shawn Baker.